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  • tangent of two circles

    - by harryovers
    Hello, I am trying to write some code that that will draw the line which is a tangent between 2 circles. so far i have been able to draw multiple circles, and lines between the centers. i have a class which stores the values used in drawing the circles (radius, position). what i need is a method in this class to find all posible tangents between 2 circles. any help would be great. this is what i have so far (it could very well be a load of rubbish) public static Vector2[] Tangents(circle c1, circle c2) { if (c2.radius > c1.radius) { circle temp = c1; c1 = c2; c2 = temp; } circle c0 = new circle(c1.radius - c2.radius, c1.center); Vector2[] tans = new Vector2[2]; Vector2 dir = _point - _center; float len = (float)Math.Sqrt((dir.X * dir.X) + (dir.Y * dir.Y)); float angle = (float)Math.Atan2(dir.X, dir.Y); float tan_length = (float)Math.Sqrt((len * len) - (_radius * _radius)); float tan_angle = (float)Math.Asin(_radius / len); tans[0] = new Vector2((float)Math.Cos(angle + tan_angle), (float)Math.Sin(angle + tan_angle)); tans[1] = new Vector2((float)Math.Cos(angle - tan_angle), (float)Math.Sin(angle - tan_angle)); Vector2 dir0 = c0.center - tans[0]; Vector2 dir1 = c0.center - tans[1]; Vector2 tan00 = Vector2.Add(Vector2.Multiply(tans[0], (float)c2.radius), c1.center); Vector2 tan01 = c2.center; Vector2 tan10 = Vector2.Add(Vector2.Multiply(tans[1], (float)c2.radius), c1.center); Vector2 tan11 = c2.center; }

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